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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11613
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14888
13 Actual Demand 11296
14 Aggregate Planning 12342
15 Air Cargo 10242
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6748
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35008
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15420
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19434
20 Assembly Line 22787
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23132
22 Average Speed of Answer 26663
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23350
24 Batch Production 38713
25 Bill Discounting 14695
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11378
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7248
28 Blanket Release 10139
29 Bonded Warehouse 10168
30 Booking Number 13993
31 Bottleneck 9676
32 Buffer Stock 59615
33 Build to Stock 13126
34 Bullwhip Effect 9817
35 Business Logistics 26001
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12684
37 Capacity Management 41038
38 Capacity Utilization 14263
39 Capital Intensive 8561
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8912
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12260
42 Certified Supplier 9050
43 Channel Effectiveness 9031
44 Co-Destiny 9415
45 Co-managed Inventory 12696
46 Co-Packers 11893
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6993
48 Computer-Based Training 7781
49 Consular Invoice 19981
50 Container Depot 10705
51 Container Freight Station 10359
52 Continuous Replenishment 19692
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12192
54 Contract Carrier 7385
55 Contract of Affreightment 11524
56 Control Charts 8047
57 Cost Flow 10391
58 Courier Service 15388
59 CPFR 8320
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11915
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44467
62 Date Code 18494
63 Days of Supply 19990
64 Dead on Arrival 9472
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7405
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8232
67 Detective Control 9023
68 Devanning 14327
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11088
70 Dispatching 24764
71 Distributed Inventory 8455
72 Distribution Channel Management 35090
73 Distribution Metrics 9289
74 Distribution Planning 24355
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15391
76 Double Marginalization 52981
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22537
78 Dual 5510
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20744
80 Echelon Inventory 26385
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38416
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50103
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7719
84 Efficient Frontier 25691
85 Engineer-to-Order 31942
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16755
87 Erlang B Formula 9456
88 ETD 8428
89 Ex Works 7920
90 Exception Rate 13650
91 Exponential smoothing 9921
92 External Growth 10203
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9630
94 Field Services 7814
95 Field Warehouse 10907
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8942
97 Fishbone Diagram 14737
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27285
99 Flow Through Distribution 12449
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8303
101 FOB Destination 13192
102 Forward buying 30388
103 Freight Charge 10509
104 Freight Consolidation 7612
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11880
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29743
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12810
109 Hub 23592
110 Idle Time 8161
 
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